| Date & time | Mar 19, 2023 01:25:39 UTC - |
| Local time at epicenter | Sunday, Mar 19, 2023 at 10:25 am (GMT +9) |
| Status | Confirmed |
| Magnitude | 4.9 |
| Depth | 10.0 km |
| Epicenter latitude / longitude | 2.3236°N / 128.8497°E  (Indonesia) |
| Antipode | 2.324°S / 51.15°W |
| Shaking intensity | Moderate shaking near epicenter |
| Felt | 0 reports |
| Primary data source | USGS (United States Geological Survey) |
| Nearest volcano | Tarakan (126 km / 78 mi) |
| Nearby towns and cities | 114 km (71 mi) NE of Tobelo (Kabupaten Halmahera Utara) (pop: 10,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 227 km (141 mi) NE of Sofifi (Kota Tidore Kepulauan) (pop: 36,200) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 236 km (147 mi) NE of Ternate (pop: 101,700) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 446 km (277 mi) NW of Sorong (pop: 125,500) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 508 km (316 mi) SE of Sarangani (Davao del Sur, Philippines) (pop: 7,510) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 535 km (333 mi) SE of Caburan (Davao del Sur, Philippines) (pop: 12,600) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 546 km (339 mi) SE of Pangyan (Sarangani, Philippines) (pop: 5,260) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 564 km (350 mi) SE of Sapu Padidu (pop: 9,790) | Show on map | Quakes nearby |
| Weather at epicenter at time of quake | Few Clouds  28.3°C (83 F), humidity: 70%, wind: 1 m/s (3 kts) from NE |
| Estimated seismic energy released | 1.4 x 1012 joules (392 megawatt hours, equivalent to 338 tons of TNT) | about seismic energy |
| Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
| 4.9 | 10 km | 114 Km NE of Tobelo, Indonesia | USGS |
| 4.8 | 42 km | Halmahera, Indonesia | GFZ |
| 4.9 | 10 km | Halmahera, Indonesia | RaspberryShake |
| 4.9 | 40 km | HALMAHERA, INDONESIA | EMSC |
| 4.9 | 10 km | Halmahera, Indonesia | IRIS |
